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Since his death at home in Henry Street, Grimsby in the arms of his loving family, the video has been watched a further 50,000 times.

His parents Karl Sewell and Rachel Meikle have now appealed for all young people in the area to join the donor register in memory of their ever popular youngest son.

They said they had been comforted by the overwhelming number of messages of sympathy and memories shared of happier times with Lewis.

He was diagnosed with leukaemia in February and was treated at Castlehill Hospital, Hull and at Sheffield Hospital.

He underwent a bone marrow transplant in July and was responding well to treatment when he suddenly fell ill due to a chest infection.

Lewis Sewell was a promising snooker player (pic: Grimsby Telegraph)

His immunity had dropped so much that he was unable to fight it, told his mum Rachel.

She said many of his friends in football teams Terry’s Boys and The Waterworks Boys had already singed up on the donor register, as had many of their younger brothers and sisters.

Rachel told the Grimsby Telegraph : “I would be a wonderful legacy if as many young people as possible registered as donors.

“People think it is a painful operation. But it isn’t. With the modern techniques it is a case of transplanting blood from one to the other. And to register all you do is have a swab taken from your mouth. Most people don’t know how to register, but it is easy.”

She told how his tutor at Grimsby Institute where he studied electrical installation, Dale Drewett is determined to set up a surgery where students and any young people can drop in for a few minutes to have swabs taken at the Institute’s Nuns Corner site.

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Rachel said: “So few young people are on the register, especially in the 16 years to 30 years group.”

She added: “We have all joined the register hoping that we can help someone else.”

In tribute she said her son Lewis was a star.

“We are never going to forget him. One of the biggest comforts has been all the lads getting in touch. I can’t believe how much support there has been and the number of friends he had. It is unbelievable,” told Rachel.

She added: “Lewis was a daredevil. Say ‘”do this’” and he would do it.”

As well as his famous dustbin roll at Southport stadium in 2015, she recalled his leaping over The River Freshney on the way home from a late night party on The Willows with his mates.

Tribute to Lewis Sewell ace snooker star

“They went the long way round but he jumped the river,” she said.

Dad Karl said: “We knew he was popular, but not this popular.”

He told how they used to run Buddies club in Freeman Street, Grimsby.

“So since the age of six, Lewis was knocking the balls about on the tables and the blokes that came in would teach him how to play.

“He was in the pool league at 14 years and he just got better and better.

“The chance to play Jimmy White at The Auditorium was his dream come true. It was amazing. He was over the moon.”